महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-101, verse-19

ते निपेतुर्महाराज निहता दृढधन्विभिः ।
नागैरिव महानागा यथा स्युर्गिरिगह्वरे ॥१९॥

19. te nipeturmahārāja nihatā dṛḍhadhanvibhiḥ ,
nāgairiva mahānāgā yathā syurgirigahvare.

19. te nipetuḥ mahārāja nihatāḥ dṛḍhadhanvabhiḥ
nāgaiḥ iva mahānāgāḥ yathā syuḥ girigahvare

19. mahārāja te dṛḍhadhanvabhiḥ nihatāḥ yathā
girigahvare nāgaiḥ iva mahānāgāḥ syuḥ nipetuḥ

19. O great king, struck down by the strong-bowmen, they fell like great elephants (mahānāgāḥ) that have been felled by (other) elephants (nāgaiḥ) might lie in a mountain cave.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they, those

• निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - they fell down

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• निहताः (nihatāḥ) - struck down, killed, slain

• दृढधन्वभिः (dṛḍhadhanvabhiḥ) - by strong-bowmen, by those with firm bows

• नागैः (nāgaiḥ) - by elephants (by elephants, by serpents)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• महानागाः (mahānāgāḥ) - great elephants

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• स्युः (syuḥ) - they might be, they should be

• गिरिगह्वरे (girigahvare) - in a mountain cave

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - they fell down

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of nipat

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

निहताः (nihatāḥ) - struck down, killed, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nihata

nihata - struck down, killed, slain, vanquished

Past Passive Participle

From verb root 'han' with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

दृढधन्वभिः (dṛḍhadhanvabhiḥ) - by strong-bowmen, by those with firm bows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dṛḍhadhanvin

dṛḍhadhanvin - one with a firm bow, a strong-bowman

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dṛḍha+dhanvin)

• dṛḍha – firm, strong, solid
  adjective (masculine)
• dhanvin – bowman, archer, possessing a bow
  noun (masculine)

नागैः (nāgaiḥ) - by elephants (by elephants, by serpents)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - elephant, serpent, mountain

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

महानागाः (mahānāgāḥ) - great elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahānāga

mahānāga - great elephant, great serpent

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+nāga)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• nāga – elephant, serpent
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

स्युः (syuḥ) - they might be, they should be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

गिरिगह्वरे (girigahvare) - in a mountain cave

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of girigahvara

girigahvara - mountain cave, mountain cavern

Compound type : tatpurusha (giri+gahvara)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• gahvara – cave, cavern, abyss
  noun (neuter)